KJ Orr's debut short story collection - Light Box - has recently come out, and it's brilliant, so I wanted to ask her about it. Here's the interview. AM: Why did you call the collection Light Box? KJO: It made sense for a number of reasons, and my hope is that there is pleasure in coming across some of those while reading, so I won’t point … [Read more...]
Archives for 2016
Interview with The Short Story
I just did an interview with The Short Story website about inspiration, influences, teaching creative writing, the writing life, and the moment I knew I wanted to be a writer: http://www.theshortstory.co.uk/the-short-story-interview-adam-marek/ … [Read more...]
New short story online – The Tortoise Negotiation
I have a new short story online - The Tortoise Negotiation - which was commissioned by Orlebar Brown. … [Read more...]
My favourite books of 2015
These are my nine favourite books of 2015. They weren't all published this year, in fact only three of them were, but they're the books I most enjoyed reading. 1. Everything is Teeth, by Evie Wyld and Joe Sumner Evie Wyld's graphic novel is filled with shark-infested memories of a childhood in Australia and her fascination with the … [Read more...]